Overview

• An RTI response shows Jammu and Kashmir spent only ₹129.68 crore of the ₹242.77 crore allocated between 2020-21 and 2024-25 for civilian bunker construction.
• Officials report 9,500 underground shelters have been completed along the International Border and Line of Control despite leaving roughly ₹113 crore unspent.
• Rajouri district recorded the highest bunker spending at ₹78.05 crore, whereas Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara reported the lowest drawdown of central funds.
• After Operation Sindoor last month, cross-border shelling and drone attacks killed 27 civilians and injured 70, intensifying demands for expanded protective infrastructure.
• Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has pledged to frame a policy for individual bunkers and to approach the Centre with a new funding scheme.